JOSEPH F. JACKSON, one of the best known and most useful citizens of Buckeye township, passed to his eternal rest last night. Mr. Jackson was a man of prominence in the community around Cedarville for many years and at one time took an active part in county matters, serving his township faithfully and well as a member of the board of supervisors. But it was as proprietor and operator of the Jackson woolen mill that Mr. Jackson was best known. There are no doubt many people in Freeport and various parts of the county who do not know that such a mill was in existence within the borders of the county, and that it was located out in the heart of a farming country will also be news to many. But for many years this mill had been in existence and was operated by Mr. Jackson, who had many difficulties to surmount in order to keep his factory going. The mill in question was located on Cedar Creek, two and a half miles northeast of Cedarville, and was known as the Cedar Creek Woolen factory. The plant was erected in 1856 and was first operated as a flax seed oil mill. The gentlemen who originated the project were John H. Addams, J. F. Jackson and Richard Glenan. They put up a building 35x40 and three stories high. In 1859 Joseph F. Jackson, the subject of this sketch, came into possession of the plant and converted it into a woolen factory and he operated it for many years thereafter. At one period of the factory's history a good business was done and some 20,000 pounds of wool per annum were converted into cloth, which found a ready sale on the market and the factory furnished a good market to the farmers for their wool. Originally the plant was operated by an over-shot water wheel, Cedar Creek furnishing the water to turn the mill, but Mr. Jackson put in many improvements and in 1872 he put in a Lefle turbine of 20-inch diameter, which gave him much better power to operate the mill. Mr. Jackson took great pride in his mill, and while his health was good he did a flourishing business. Mr. Jackson was a native of Clinton county, Pa., and was born January 1, 1821. After leaving school he learned the trade of a tanner and followed this vocation for a number of years. Finally he decided to come west, and for a time after his arrival he taught school and later took up farming and in 1859 he became interested in the mill mentioned above. Mr. Jackson married Miss Sarah Barber in 1847 and seven children were born to them. The widow and the seven children survive. The children are Mrs. Sarah E. Diemer and John, of Freeport; Emily, at home; Mrs. Thomas Little of Freeport; Mrs. D. H. Fink, Mrs. Frank Kryder and William, all of Cedarville and vicinity. Mr. Jackson was an honest, hard working man and possessed the confidence and esteem of all who know him. The funeral of Mr. Jackson will be held from the old homestead in Buckeye township tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock and interment will be a Cedarville.
Contributed by Karen Fyock - October 9, 1901 scrapbook clipping

MARY JANE (SNYDER) JACKSON , was born in Clinton county, Pa., Sept. 30, 1830, and died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. S. Eda Springman, in Story county, Iowa, March 21, 1904, aged 73 years, 5 months and 21 days. She was married to Wm. A. Jackson at Hamburg, Pa., May 21, 1854, and located at Cedarville, Ill., where Mr. Jackson died March 18th, 1862. Three children, Joseph B. Jackson, of Jewell, Kan.; Miss Annie E. Jackson, and Mrs. S. Eda Springman, of Story county, Iowa; five grandchildren and two great grandchildren; two brothers, Daniel B. Snyder, of Lyons, Iowa, and Wesley J. Snyder, of Freeport, Ill.; two sisters, Mrs. Rachel Clingman, of Austin, Minn., and Mrs. T. B. Jones, of Gilbert Station, Iowa, remain to follow after an all honored and respected person, walking in the footsteps of a noble and christian parentage. One sister, Mrs. Katy McCammon, of Story county, Iowa, and one brother, Rev. C. C. Snyder, of Riverside, Illinois, preceded her to the spirit world. Mother Jackson gave her heart to her Savior while young in years and was a member of the Methodist church at Cedarville, Ill., for about thirty years and was a member of the Evangelical church at Center schoolhouse, Story county, Iowa, for twenty-three years. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Wm. W. Shuler, of Standhope, Iowa, a life long and intimate friend of the deceased. The text was Psalms 90 and 26, which was rendered with force and eloquence, referring to the higher ideals and longings for a home in the spiritual world. Interment and services were at Center schoolhouse at 1 o'clock p.m., March 24, 1904.
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GEORGE AND MRS> GEORGE (HOAG) JAEGER - The George Jaeger home in Harlem township is a very sad one. Yesterday morning Mrs. Jaeger died from an attack of pneumonia, and eighteen hours afterward the head of the home expired, a victim of ulcer of the stomach. Mrs. Jaeger, nee Hoag, was born in Ketsch, Grand Duchy of Baden, Germany, February 9, 1837; emigrated to the United States in 1857, and was married to George Jaeger April 5, 1858. Mr. Jaeger was born at Ilvesheim, Grand Duchy of Baden, Germany, April 18, 1830; emigrated to the United States in the spring of 1854 settling first near Cleveland, Ohio. He came to Stephenson county in the fall of 1856, and settled in harlem township, where he has since resided. Mr. and Mrs. Jaeger leave eight children: Henry, who resides in lancaster township; Margaretta Esslinger, of Clinton, Kan.; Elizabeth Berger, of Clinton, Kan.; Magdalena Berger, of Argentine, Kan.; Eva Oppold, of Florence township, and Susan, George and Charles, at home, Mr. Jaeger leaves a well stocked farm of 160 acres in Harlem Township, besides considerable other property. Both were well known in Harlem and Freeport, and their death has occasioned widespread sorrow. They were especially highly regarded by the older residents of the township, and the relatives have the sympathy of all in their affliction. Funeral services will be conducted at the St. Joseph's Catholic church, Rev. Father Kalvelage officiating, Saturday morning. The cortege will start from the church at 9 o'clock.
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MARY HELEN (LOGUE) JAMES , age 107, of Mt. Carroll, Illinois died on Friday, October 29, 2010 at the Carroll County Good Samaritan Nursing Center, Mount Carroll. Funeral Services will be held 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, November 3, 2010 at the Mount Carroll Church of God with Reverend George Reser officiating. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery, Mt. Carroll. Visitation will be held from 10:00–11:00 a.m. Wednesday, prior to the service at the Church. Helen was born October 2, 1903 the daughter of Melvin H. and Elizabeth (Fitzpatrick) Logue in Savanna, Illinois. At the tender age of seven, Helen lost her mother, Elizabeth, she and her siblings were raised with love and guidance by their grandmother, Martha Fitzpatrick. Helen attended a country school in Carroll County and grew up on grandmother’s farm near Mount Carroll. Her childhood was short, at age, fourteen, Helen left grandmother’s home and went to work. She did housekeeping and child-care for family. On December 22, 1921, Helen married Vyvyan W. James and set up her own household at eighteen years of age. Vyvyan died December 26, 1988 at the age of ninety-three. Helen and her husband farmed for many years in the Savanna area. Helen was also a homemaker, raising two children, Richard and Nadine. They both precede her in death. She never learned to drive, but, could always remember that Vyvyan favored Chevrolet automobiles. Helen has been noted as an inspiration to family and friends. She not only assisted in child rearing, she also helped in the birth of a member or two. She was the “glue” that held the family together. They loved her fried chicken and home made bread, she kept them well fed. Family members will always have the memories of her wonderful stories and kind acts of love for them all, her great pride in being “Irish”, she celebrated Saint Patrick’s Day with a family meal fit for any Irish Clan. She was a member of Mt. Carroll Church of God and a charter member of the Community Church of Freeport, Illinois. Helen will be dearly missed by eight grandchildren, Rick James of Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Joni (Jule) Dauphin of Mt. Carroll, Julie (Steve) Myers of Norman, Oklahoma, Dinna (Andrew) Barker of Freeport, Jon (Tara) James of Princeton, Iowa, Larry (Sandy) Dinderman of Hamilton, Montana, Mike (Gianna) Dinderman of Kent, IL and Mari Ann (Dale) Runkle of Davis, IL; twenty-three great grandchildren; and thirty great-great grandchildren. Helen is preceded in death by her husband, Vyvyan, both parents; a son, Richard James; a daughter, Betty Dinderman; one brother, three sisters; daughter-in-law, Dianne James and son-in-law, Howard Dinderman.
Contributed by Alice Horner - Law Jones Funeral Home

SOPHIE LUTTICH SHROEDER JUNG , Frau Sophie Jung, die Ehefrau des Hrn. Henry Jung von hier, wurde gestern Vomittag nach dreimonatlichem Leiden im Alter von etwa 72 Jahren durch ein Magenleiden dahingerafft und wird wahrscheinlich morgen Nachmittag 1/2 3 Uhr vom Trauerhause aus, an der Ecke von Locust und Elkstr., unter Amtirung, des Hrn Pastor Rech, zur Ruhe bestattet. Dieselbe was aus der Nahe von Hamburg gevurtig, vor etwa 27 Jahren eingewandert und hatte seither in hiesiger Stadt gewohnt. Sie hinterlasst ihren Ehemann, sowie einen Sohn us erster Ehe, welche die Entschlafene von Herzen betrauern.
Deutscher Anzeiger Freeport, Illinois
Mrs. Sophia Yung died at the family home on Locust street at 9:30 o'clock this morning, aged seventy-two years. She had been ill for the past two years, and confined to her bed for the past three months. Funeral services will be held at the house Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock, the Rev. William Rech to be the officiating clergyman. Mrs. Yung was born in Germany, her maiden man having been Sophia Luettig. She was married to William Schroder in the old country, and they came to America and settled in Stephenson County in 1873. Not long afterwards Mr. Schroeder died, and in 1883 she was married to Henry Yung, who survives her. She leaves besides a son, Henry Schroeder, two brothers, Henry and Christian Luettig, all of this county.
Freeport Daily Democrat November 16, 1900
Mrs. Henry Yung died at her home on the corner of Elk and Locust streets this morning at 9:30 o'clock of a complication of diseases. She had been sick three months. She was born near Hamburg, Germany and was seventy-two years old. Her maiden name was Sophia Luettig. She came to this country in 1873 and came to Freeport about twenty years ago. She leaves to mourn her demise her husband and one son, Henry Schroeder of this city; also one brother, Henry Luettig of Freeport. The funeral will be held from the house Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. Reck will officiate. Mrs. Henry Young, who had been sick with stomach trouble for the past three months, died this morning at 9:30 o'clock at her home on the corner of Locust and Elk streets. Mrs. Young was born near Hamburg, Germany, seventy-two years ago. She came to this country twenty-seven years ago, and came immediately to Stephenson county, She has lived in Freeport for the past eighteen years. She leaves to mourn her loss one son, Henry Schroeder, and her husband. The funeral will take place Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the German Reform church. Rev. Reck will officiate.
Contributed by Karen Fyock - Freeport Daily Journal